Molly Sterling

Molly Sterling
Molly Sterling
	Molly Sterling in 2015
Background information
Born	8 March 1998 (age 26); Puckane, County Tipperary, Ireland
Genres	alternative;
Occupations	Singer; songwriter;
Instruments	Vocals; piano;
Years active	2011–present
Website	mollysterlingmusic.com;

Molly Sterling (born 8 March 1998) is an Irish singer and songwriter who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".^[1]^[2]

Biography

Sterling grew up in Puckane, County Tipperary. She was educated at Kilkenny College^[3] and then at St. Andrew's College, Dublin.^[4]

Career

2011–14: Early beginnings

Molly Sterling first came to prominence after winning the Teen Idol contest in November 2011, winning a Popstar Studios recording prize.^[5] She won a second-place award for Girl's Vocal Solo at the 2012 Kilkenny Music Festival^[6] and supported Runaway GO at a gig in Nenagh Arts Centre on 9 June 2012.^[7] She finished second in TV3's All Ireland Schools' Talent Search in May 2014 and released her first EP, Strands of Heart, in November 2014.^[4]

2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest

On 27 February 2015 she was selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".^[3] She performed in the second semi-final, but missed out on qualification for the final. At 17 years old, she was the youngest ever entrant to perform for Ireland in their history of participation.

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details
Strands of Heart	Released: November 2014 Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album or EP
Title	Year	IRE ^[8]	Album or EP
"Playing with Numbers"	2015	77	Non-album singles
"Fake the Cost"	2015	—
"Plain Static"	2017	—
"Stripped Down"	2018	—
"Feeble"	2019	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Album or EP
"Just My Luck" (Nealo featuring Molly Sterling and Innrspace)	2019	Non-album single
"Let Your Dreams Collect Dust Until You're Desperate" (Nealo featuring Adam Garrett, Molly Sterling, and Jehnova)	2020	All the Leaves Are Falling
"All the Leaves Are Falling" (Nealo featuring Molly Sterling)	2020	All the Leaves Are Falling

References

^ Padraig Muldoon. "Molly Sterling wins Eurosong and will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2015". Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings – wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". The Nenagh Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Byrne, Brian; Gittens, Geraldine (28 February 2015). "Teen pianist (16) to represent Ireland at 60th Eurovision Song Contest". The Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". Nenaghguardian.ie. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Molly best in wonderful Tipp Teen Model finals – The Nationalist". Nationalist.ie. 18 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Kilkenny Music Festival a huge success – Kilkenny People". Kilkennypeople.ie. 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Molly Sterling to support RunawayGo at Nenagh Arts Centre this Saturday : Tipp Tatler Magazine". Tipptatler.ie. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Discography Molly Sterling". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith with "Heartbeat"	Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015	Succeeded by Nicky Byrne with "Sunlight"

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[1] Padraig Muldoon. "Molly Sterling wins Eurosong and will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2015". Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings – wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[2] "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". The Nenagh Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[Independent-2015-02-28-3] Byrne, Brian; Gittens, Geraldine (28 February 2015). "Teen pianist (16) to represent Ireland at 60th Eurovision Song Contest". The Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[nenaghguardian1-4] "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". Nenaghguardian.ie. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[5] "Molly best in wonderful Tipp Teen Model finals – The Nationalist". Nationalist.ie. 18 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[6] "Kilkenny Music Festival a huge success – Kilkenny People". Kilkennypeople.ie. 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[7] "Molly Sterling to support RunawayGo at Nenagh Arts Centre this Saturday : Tipp Tatler Magazine". Tipptatler.ie. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[ire-8] "Discography Molly Sterling". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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v t e Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurosong You're a Star Discography
Participation	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"22" "All Kinds of Everything" "Born to Sing" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Come Back to Stay" "Could It Be That I'm in Love" "Cross Your Heart" "Do I Dream" "Doomsday Blue" "Dreamin'" "Dying to Try" "Et Cetera" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Happy Man" "Heartbeat" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" "Hold Me Now" "Horoscopes" "If I Could Choose" "If My World Stopped Turning" "In Your Eyes" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Is Always Over Now?" "It's for You" "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" "Lipstick" "Love?" "Maps" "Millennium of Love" "Mysterious Woman" "One Day Love" "Only Love Survives" "Playing with Numbers" "The Real Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Somewhere in Europe" ~~"Story of My Life"~~ "Sunlight" "Take Him Home" "Terminal 3" "That's Rich" "That's What Friends Are For" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Together" "The Voice" "The Wages of Love" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Waterline" "We Are One" "We've Got the World" "What's Another Year" "When" "When You Need Me" "Why Me?" "Without Your Love" "You Can Count On Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete

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